Debating Matters

Debating Matters seeks to offers a fresh, accessible and engaging format for debating contemporary issues. A national competition, run successfully since 2003, it takes ideas, argument and young people seriously. The focus is on content and substance over style, encouraging young people to engage in an intelligent contest of ideas and holding up their ideas to critical scrutiny.

This collection contains a series of topic guides that can be used to stimulate debate in the classroom and encourage participation in the Debating Matters competition. Topic guides in this collection look at subjects which include:

• animal experimentation
• clinical trials
• energy
• drugs in sport
• recycling
• space exploration
• organ donation

• URL: http://stem.org.uk/cxta